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Delmarva Folklife Project: Interview with Robert Mollock, 24 August 1998

by: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Delmarva Folklife Project

Publication date: 1998-08-24

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Topics: Delmarva Folklife Project, Elliot's Island (md.), trapping, hunting, farming, muskrat trapping, regulation

Language: English

Item Size: 231.2M

This interview was conducted by Kelly Feltault with Robert Mollock near Elliot's Island, MD. In this interview, Robert discusses trapping, hunting, and farming traditions from this section of the eastern shore. He describes his history with trapping, beginning with hunting trips with his father, and the role of the tide in the placement of his many traps, hoping to trap muskrats, raccoons, and nutria; a dangerous large rodent. He describes the process of working in the fur and meat trade and the changes that have occurred in that business over the years with conservation and regulation in the area, and how the number of trappers has been decreasing from the lack of profit in the business. He also speaks about setting marsh fires to help with trapping, and the methods he employs to do that.

In part 2, he continues his description of hunting, trapping, and farming. He speaks about working in cash crop orchards on Royer's Farms, describing how they would process the crops, who they would sell to, and how the farm has changed between then and now. He then speaks more about trapping, including dog training, and what he really enjoys from the process of trapping a wild animal.

This interview is part of the Delmarva Folklife Project. For more information, see the Edward H. Nabb Center finding aid:

http://libapps.salisbury.edu/nabb-archives/local-history-archives/2003.004